Lock 60 Historic Site
Lock 60 Historic Site is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Stid Hill stands 635 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 60, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 27.2 mi off the Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Scenic Route 90
Overlooks nearby
- Owen's Point · 18 mi
- Paid viewfinder · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gravino Park: 0.5 mi
- Macedon Trolley Stop Square: 0.8 mi
- Bickford Park: 1.0 mi
- Macedon Canal Park: 1.2 mi
- Pal-Mac Aqueduct Park: 1.9 mi
- Science Hill: 1.7 mi
- Walton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bear Hill: 3.0 mi
- Johnson Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bowes Hill: 3.6 mi
- Nathan Harris Home Site: 2.3 mi
- Lucy Harris Home & Farm: 2.4 mi
- Martin Harris Farm: 2.4 mi
- Erie Canal: 2.5 mi
- Dr. Alexander McIntyre Home: 2.5 mi
- Elmer: 5.9 mi
- American Eagle: 10.1 mi
- Rebecca Well: 10.2 mi
- Faith Hope and Charity: 10.2 mi
- Daniel Penfield Statue: 10.6 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 60: 0.0 mi
- Enlarged Erie Canal Lock No. 61: 0.8 mi
- Mud Creek Aqueduct: 1.7 mi
- Angel Moroni Monument: 5.3 mi
- Freedom Hill: 7.3 mi
- Macedon Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
- Alling Coverlet Museum: 2.6 mi
- Print Shop Museum: 2.7 mi
- Phelps General Store and Residence: 2.7 mi
- Erie Canal Depot: 2.7 mi
- Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve: 3.9 mi
- High Acres Nature Area: 5.0 mi
- Hart's Woods: 8.4 mi
- Burroughs Audubon Nature Club: 10.4 mi
- Four Mile Creek Nature Preserve: 10.5 mi
- Prayer Garden at Mary Magdalene Church: 10.6 mi
- North Entrance/Exit Area (Exit lane Side Bed): 13.4 mi
- South Entrance/Exit Lane Bed (Entrance Lane Side): 13.5 mi
- North Entrance/Exit Lane Employee Parking Side Turf Area: 13.5 mi
- Linear Garden: 14.8 mi
- Postcard Falls: 12.6 mi
- Densmore Falls: 15.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 17.4 mi
- Honeoye Falls: 17.6 mi
- High Falls: 17.8 mi
- Kershaw Beach: 13.5 mi
- Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 13.5 mi
- Windsor Beach: 20.3 mi
- Ontario Beach: 21.1 mi
- Crescent Beach: 21.7 mi
- Sprong Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Hi Banks: 24.3 mi
- Klippel Spring: 16.3 mi
- Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Lock 60 Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stid Hill | SSW 193° | 635 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bare Hill | S 184° | 470 m | 23.1 mi |
| Oak Mountain | SSW 210° | 358 m | 14.6 mi |
| Baptist Hill | SSW 205° | 356 m | 17.3 mi |
| Harkness Hill | S 174° | 356 m | 21.0 mi |
| Hopper Hills | SW 230° | 335 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lazarus Hill | S 171° | 323 m | 21.9 mi |
| Allens Hill | SW 217° | 317 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:09 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:51 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webster 2 NE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1279690222
Day trips start here
- Palmyra · 3 mi
- Farmington · 6 mi
- Newark · 10 mi
- Williamson · 12 mi
- Canandaigua · 13 mi
- Finger Lakes Apple Country · 16 mi
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